By Jonathon Van Maren If the transgender phenomenon is, as Dr. Lisa Littman concluded, a peer contagion, then it is difficult not to conclude that the steady trickle of celebrities coming out to normalize transgenderism is a dangerous trend, indeed. As I noted earlier this year, Charlize Theron has made headlines for deciding to raise her son Jackson…
By Jonathon Van Maren LGBT activism generally has two steps. Step one has the activists angrily asking those who oppose their agenda how the proposed policy will impact their lives, with the emphatic assertion that it will not. The second step has these same activists, once they have successfully achieved their goal and demonized their opponents,…
By Jonathon Van Maren As the backlash to the transgender revolution grows—I noted the number of laws being put forward in the U.S., as well as the outrage of radical feminists and “de-transitioners” earlier this week—one of the primary sources of pushback is coming from teenage girls who are being forced to live in the…
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By Jonathon Van Maren I’ve been to many conferences and lectures over the past several years where inspiring speakers tell the audience that we must have hope for the future of Western civilization. This call is generally accompanied by inspiring anecdotes of those who held firm in the face of oppression, usually in circumstances far…
By Jonathon Van Maren As trans activists rack up stunning cultural victories across North America, the pushback has begun, from parental protests at public school board meetings to legislation designed to protect women’s rights and prevent children from becoming part of a sweeping social experiment. At last count, eight states are deliberating laws that would…
By Jonathon Van Maren As the LGBT movement achieves cultural dominance, Big Business has sensed the opportunity to monetize wokeness. Over the past several years, dozens of major corporations from Coca Cola to Nike, from Apple to Uber have come out swinging at conservative Christians, attempting to use their economic clout to bludgeon legislators seeking…
Canada’s internationally famous transgender activist Jonathan “Jessica” Yaniv, who was recently arrested for possession of an illegal weapon, charged with assault for attacking a reporter, and sued for defamation by a female journalist, is not having a good year so far. In the wake of a snarl of judicial chaos, Yaniv’s latest legal assault on…
By Jonathon Van Maren By far the most terrifying aspect of the transgender phenomenon is the spectre of government intervening to force parents to allow their children to “transition.” As young people increasingly inhabit digital communities populated exclusively by their peers and impervious to adults, transgenderism is becoming a social phenomenon. I have spoken to…
By Jonathon Van Maren If you were one of those inquiring souls who was wondering just how crazy the transgender phenomenon could get, the answer to that question may have just surfaced in the Des Moines Register under the headline: “Convicted of sex crimes as a man, felon no longer deemed threat because of gender change.” Yeah,…